Reply by richgreer

In my opinion, the difference between a good chisel and a really good chisel is a lot of money and very little difference in performance. My Irwin Marples are good chisels and sufficient for everything I need and they are very reasonably priced.

I know there are better and more expensive chisels (e.g. Lie Nielsen) but if you covered up the names and asked me to use both, I would have a hard time telling you which was the Marple and which was the more expensive chisel.

In my shop I also have a set of basic, no name, chisels from Ace Hardware. There is a big difference between these cheap chisels and my good Marples.